significant amount of criticism, especially as Abergavenny had finished within the top four during the 2020–21 season and The New Saints did not have a complete senior women's side. FAW head of women's football Lowri Roberts stated that the Association would not be reversing their decision, adding that "we have to be able to compete with Tier 3 in England. The WSL and Championship in England are professional and semi-professional and we’re a long way off that. It’s unlikely we’ll get to a professional level." In August 2021, the league announced a rebranding initiative, changing the name from "Welsh Premier Women's League" to "Adran Premier", adopting the Welsh word adran (division). For sponsorship reasons it is named the "Genero Adran Premier" (sponsored by Welsh firm Genero). The rebranding is claimed as an effort to remove the word "Women's" from the league name to achieve better parity with the men's game. Competition format The club with the highest number of points at the end of the season will be the League Champions. In the event of two or more clubs having the same number of points the League winners will be decided by the difference between goals scored and goals against. In the event of more than one club having the same goal difference, the club that has scored the highest number of goals will be the Champions. Promotion and relegation One club may be promoted to the Adran Premier and the equivalent number relegated from the competition. One from the Adran North or one from the Adran South. To determine the club to be promoted from the Adran North or Adran South - the qualified clubs from the two leagues concerned will play off. European qualification UEFA grants European places to the Football Association of Wales, determined by Wales' position in the UEFA country coefficient rankings. The Welsh Football Association in turn allocate a number of these European places to the final Welsh Premier Women's League positions. As of 2023, Wales was ranked 40th in Europe – granting them one placement in the UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds. Clubs 2022–23 List of champions In the first three seasons, a final between the north and south division winners determined the champion. Adran Trophy The Premier League Cup (now Adran Trophy) has been held since 2014. Winners: 2014: Cardiff Met. Ladies F.C. 2015: PILCS 2016: Swansea City Ladies F.C. 2017: Cardiff